Principal indexation

The flash point of a substance is often treated as the principal index of flammability, especially for liquids. The lower the flash point, the more flammable the substance. The flammability hazard of a substance is also increased by ... 

One principal index is seen and an index intermediate between alpha or gamma is seen in other directions. 

Symmetries and Angular Specifications of Principal Index Faces of Single Crystals... 

This characteristic current is the principal index of an assembly s capacity for cross-reaction. As in the previous limiting cases, the expression for the current is... 

Inflation-Linked Bonds with Coupon and Principal Indexation... 

Table 6.4 illustrates the cash flow structure of an inflation-linked bond with coupon and principal indexation. 

Indicatrix n. A three-dimensional construction of the optical relationships in the crystal. Radii proportional in length to refractive index values or velocities may be used to represent principal index directions of the crystal. 

The major use of vinylpyrrohdinone is as a monomer in manufacture of poly(vinylpyrrohdinone) (PVP) homopolymer and in various copolymers, where it frequendy imparts hydrophilic properties. When PVP was first produced, its principal use was as a blood plasma substitute and extender, a use no longer sanctioned. These polymers are used in pharmaceutical and cosmetic appHcations, soft contact lenses, and viscosity index improvers. The monomer serves as a component in radiation-cured polymer compositions, serving as a reactive diluent that reduces viscosity and increases cross-linking rates (see... 

Limiting Oxygen Index. The minimum concentration of oxygen in an O2/N2 mixture that supports combustion of a vertically mounted test specimen is called the limiting oxygen index (3,4). Test specimens are 0.65 x 0.3 cm x 12.5 cm. The principal advantage of this test is its reproducibiUty which makes it useful for quaUty control. The main disadvantage is that the results rarely correlate with the results of other fire tests. 

Molecular Weight. PE mol wt (melt index) is usually controlled by reaction temperature or chain-transfer agents. Reaction temperature is the principal control method in polymerization processes with Phillips catalysts. On the other hand, special chemical agents for chain transfer are requited for... 

Optical properties also provide useful stmcture information about the fiber. The orientation of the molecular chains of a fiber can be estimated from differences in the refractive indexes measured with the optical microscope, using light polarized in the parallel and perpendicular directions relative to the fiber axis (46,47). The difference of the principal refractive indexes is called the birefringence, which is illustrated with typical fiber examples as foUows. Birefringence is used to monitor the orientation of nylon filament in melt spinning (48). 

Polarizability Attraction. AU. matter is composed of electrical charges which move in response to (become electrically polarized in) an external field. This field can be created by the distribution and motion of charges in nearby matter. The Hamaket constant for interaction energy, A, is a measure of this polarizability. As a first approximation it may be computed from the dielectric permittivity, S, and the refractive index, n, of the material (15), where is the frequency of the principal electronic absorption... 

The commercially important anatase and mtile both have tetragonal stmctures consequentiy, the values of physical properties such as refractive index and electrical conductivity depend on whether these are being measured parallel or perpendicular to the principal, ie, axis. However, in most appHcations, this distinction is lost because of random orientation of a large number of small crystals. It is thus the mean value that is significant. Representative physical properties are coUected in. Table 6. 

A paraffin wax is a petroleum wax consisting principally of normal alkanes. MicrocrystalHne wax is a petroleum wax containing substantial proportions of branched and cycHc saturated hydrocarbons, in addition to normal alkanes. SernimicrocrystaUine wax contains more branched and cycHc compounds than paraffin wax, but less than microcrystalHne. A classification system based on the refractive index of the wax and its congealing point as... 

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